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Aniyah Rivers - GSU Athletics
72
Florida A&M FAMU 3-11,0-3 SWAC
79
Winner Grambling GSU 4-13,1-3 SWAC
Florida A&M FAMU
3-11,0-3 SWAC
72
Final
79
Grambling GSU
4-13,1-3 SWAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Florida A&M FAMU 30 42 72
Grambling GSU 39 40 79

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Curtis Ford, Associate AD for Athletic Communications

Grambling State Nabs First SWAC Win, Beats FAMU 79-72

GRAMBLING, La. | The Grambling State University men's basketball team picked up its first Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) win of the season with a 79-72 triumph over Florida A&M on Monday night at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. 
 
Antwan Burnett paced GSU (4-14 overall, 1-3 SWAC) with a team-high 18 points to go along with three steals, two rebounds and two assists.
 
Chilaydrien Newton tied a career-high, scoring 17 points in 19 minutes of action. He added three assists and a pair of rebounds. 
 
Grambling State shot 52.2 percent from the field (24-of-46). The Tigers connected on 4-of-12 from behind the arc and was 27-of-35 at the free throw line. 
 
GSU played from in front for most of the night, only trailing briefly in the first half. With FAMU leading 10-9 with just over 13 minutes to go in the period, the Tigers used a 15-6 run sparked by an emphatic dunk by Emeka Nnaji to craft 24-16 lead with 7:45 remining in the half. 
 
Grambling State continued to pour it on the Rattlers in the first half, opening a double-digit advantage, 31-21, on a bucket by Mikale Stevenson with 4:19 on the clock. The Tigers carried a 39-30 lead into halftime. 
 
In the second half, GSU grabbed its largest lead of the game, 63-47 on a driving dunk by Newton with 8:07 to play. The Rattlers didn't go down easily, however. 
 
Florida A&M (3-11, 0-3) embarked on an 8-0 run to cut GSU's lead down to single-digits, 63-55, with 5:08 to go. With 1:06 left in the game, FAMU cut GSU's lead down to 71-67, but couldn't get any close as the Tigers wrapped up the game at the free throw line in the closing moments.  
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • Grambling State shot 52.2 percent from the field (24-of-46) and 33.3 percent (4-of-12) from three-point range. The GSU was 27-of-35 at the free throw line (77.1 percent). 
  • GSU grabbed 29 rebounds.
  • The Tigers committed eight turnovers. 
  • Grambling State scored 38 bench points, 28 points in the paint, 15 points off turnovers, 12 fastbreak points and seven second chance points. 
  • Florida A&M shot 43.6 percent from the floor (24-of-55) and 44.4 percent from behind the arc (8-of-18). FAMU was 16-of-19 at the charity stripe (84.2 percent) 
  • FAMU pulled down 29 rebounds.
  • The Rattlers committed 11 turnovers.
  • Florida A&M scored 28 points in the paint, 13 bench points, eight points off turnovers, nine second chance points and seven fastbreak points. 
  • FAMU was led by Milton Matthews who scored a game-high 27 points with three rebounds, and a steal.  
Up Next 
Grambling State travels to Baton Rouge, La. to take on arch-rival Southern on Saturday, January 18th. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at F.G. Clark Activity Center. 

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